2005 SKODA FABIA handbrake

Inspecting and Replenishing191
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assist-
anceTechnical DataFabia Praktik
Opening the bonnet
– Unlock the bonnet ⇒page 190, fig. 138 .
– Ensure that the arms of the windscreen wipers are correctly in place against the windscreen before opening the bonnet
otherwise damage could occur to the paintwork.
– Pulling on the handle ⇒page 190, fig. 139 will lock the bonnet
fully.
– Grip with the hand under the radiator grille and lift up the bonnet.
– Take the bonnet support out of its holder and set it in the opening designed for it ⇒page 190, fig. 140.
Closing the bonnet
– Lift the bonnet slightly and unhook the bonnet support. Press the bonnet support into the holder designed to hold it.
– Allow the bonnet to drop from a height of about 30 cm into the lock - bonnet do not press down on it!
WARNING
•Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is
flowing out of the engine compartmen t - risk of scalding! Wait long
enough until the steam or coolant has stopped escaping.
•For safety reasons, the bonnet must always be properly closed
when driving. One should therefore check that the lock has in fact
engaged properly after closing the bonnet.
•Stop your vehicle immediately wh ile driving if you notice that
the lock is not properly engaged and close the bonnet properly -
risk of an accident!
Caution
•Never open the bonnet using the handle - danger of causing damage.
•Before opening the bonnet, ensure that the arms of the windscreen
wipers are correctly in place against the windscreen. Otherwise, there is
a risk of damage to the paintwork.
Working in the engine compartment
Particular care is required when carrying out any work in
the engine compartment!
There is a risk of injuries, scalding, accidents and fire when working
in the engine compartment, e.g. inspecting and re plenishing oil and
other fluids. For this reason, it is essential to comply with the
warning instructions stated below and with the general applicable
rules of safety. The engine compartment of your car is a hazardous
area ⇒
WARNING
•Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is
flowing out of the engine compartment - risk of scalding! Wait long
enough until the steam or coolant has stopped escaping.
•Switch off the engine and pull out the ignition key.
•Apply the handbrake firmly.
WARNING (continued)
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Breakdown assistance
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Spare wheel*
The spare wheel is stowed in the spare wheel well in the
luggage compartment below the floor covering.
The spare wheel lies in a well under the luggage compartment floor and is
fixed in place along with the vehicle tool kit box using special screws
⇒ fig. 156 .
One should check the inflation pressure in the spare wheel (at best when
generally checking the tyre air pressures - see sign on the fuel filler flap
⇒ page 188) to ensure that the spare wheel is always ready to use.
Unidirectional tyres*
If you have such tyres on your vehicle, please refer to the notes below:
•The spare wheel provided with a car fitted with unidirectional tyres has
different dimensions. The wheel is provided with a warning sticker.
•After fitting on the wheel, the warning sticker must not be concealed
(e.g. by the wheel trim).
•Do not drive with this spare wheel at more than 80 km/h - risk of acci-
dent. Avoid accelerating at full throttle, sharp braking and fast cornering.
•The inflation pressure for this spare wheel is identical to the inflation
pressure of the standard tyres.
•Use this spare wheel only to reach the nearest service station as it is
not intended for continuous use.
Note
Some vehicles are only fitted with spray to make tyre repairs
⇒ page 219.
Changing a wheel
Preliminary work
The following steps should be carried out before actually
changing the wheel.
– If it is necessary to change a wheel, park the vehicle as far
away as possible from the traffic flow. The place you choose
should be level.
– Have all the occupants get out. While changing a wheel, the
occupants of the vehicle should not stand on the road (it is
better behind a crash barrier).
– Apply the handbrake firmly.
– Engage 1st gear or if your vehicle is fitted with an automatic
gearbox, position the selector lever into position P .
Fig. 156 Luggage
compartment: Spare
wheel
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Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 125
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
An overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Antilock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Antilock brake system - ABS Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . 178
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 171
B
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Brake system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Button on the driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child safety seats ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
For the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 166 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Fuse Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
G
Gearbox Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hazard warning lights system . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . 63
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Heating of the external mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heating the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inspecting the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior light Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Interior lighting at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226, 227
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle
at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lights Converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
switching them on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 41 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
locking Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . 44
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